Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Rayner mocks Raab and steals Starmer’s thunder

There was an old-fashioned outbreak of class war, and the Deputy Prime Minister found himself on the losing side.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson dodges questions on Universal Credit and crops

A number of ministers tipped for removal in the reshuffle were nowhere to be seen.

James Frayne: Johnson’s headroom to raise taxes, in the wake of the new levy, has been dramatically reduced

Most obviously, this complicates their Net Zero strategy; you would have expected fiscal policy increasingly to have rebalanced towards green taxes.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: This canine Prime Minister bounded all over Starmer

The Labour leader found, as did Howard, Cameron and May, that it is very difficult to control Johnson’s animal spirits.

Ashcroft goes in search of the real Starmer

This biography will be found invaluable by anyone seeking to work out what kind of a person the Labour Leader is.

Sarah Ingham: How much should we take from, say, the NHS budget to fund a unilateral mission in Afghanistan – if anything?

Regime change usually involves chaos, bloodshed and a humanitarian crisis. Has the Stop the War movement become Continue the Military Intervention?

WATCH: Starmer accuses the Government of “staggering complacency”

“The gains made through 20 years of sacrifice hang precariously…and we face new threats to our security and a humanitarian crisis.”

Daniel Hannan: We should thank, not demonise, the patriots who donate to political parties

The media has suggested there is something suspect about the Conservative Party’s receipt of private money.

Ferguson got it wrong, but the buck stops with Johnson

Leadership during the pandemic has involved, even more than usual, the strength to put up with uncertainty.

Lord Ashcroft: Exclusive – My next book will be on Carrie Johnson

Her influence developed long before she moved into 10 Downing Street via her work over the last decade within the Conservative Party.

Universities have a nerve to complain about vaccine passports

They claim mandatory jabs are an “infringement on personal freedom”. Never mind when they locked students down in halls last year.

The fall in rape prosecutions. What’s behind the statistics?

The statistics led the Victims’ Commissioner to say we are effectively witnessing “the de-criminalisation of rape”.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: The Prisoner of Chequers sounds fine but does not look well

He was placed under no real pressure by the Leader of the Opposition, whose questions were far too long.

Will Starmer give vaccine passports a free pass?

The Government’s scheme is deeply problematic and there’s a potential Commons majority against it.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson will not be goaded into admitting his view of taking the knee may have changed

The PM set out to demonstrate that he is every bit as fervent an anti-racist as the Leader of the Opposition.